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CHICAGO -- An off-duty police officer was shot and killed at the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The officer was later identified as 53-year-old Cmdr. Paul Bauer of the city´s 18th District. Tactical officers were on routine patrol Tuesday and observed an "individual" acting suspiciously around 2:30 p.m. When they tried speak with the individual, a physical struggle ensued and the person escaped, Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson said during a news conference. Bauer, a 31-year veteran, was in the area, overheard police radio transmission and confronted the individual, Johnson said. An

Barack and Michelle Obama revealed their presidential portraits for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on Feb. 12, and while much of the focus was of course on the former president’s — a colorful portrayal of Obama in the foreground of a floral motif by Kehinde Wiley — a handful of covert messages are hidden in the former first lady’s portrait. (Snip) At the time, the designer told Yahoo Lifestyle that Trump’s election was a “severe wakeup call to do something,” which inspired her to hand out “Steinem AF” T-shirts at her February 2017 runway show, referencing feminist and political activist

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is threatening to sue if the Trump administration includes a question regarding citizenship on the 2020 census.The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Becerra worries citizenship questions will dissuade some California residents from taking the census, thereby under-representing themselves and running the risk of a loss of federal funding for certain parts of the state. Becerra is part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general who fighting against inclusion of a citizenship. They sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Monday, in which Becerra described counting everyone, citizen or not, as a “sacred

AN AMERICAN drone destroyed a Russian-made T-72 battle tank in Syria in "self-defence", according to US Central Command amid reports US forces in the region have killed scores of Russian mercenaries. On Saturday, US forces destroyed a Russian-made T-72 tank in Syria after pro-Assad forces opened fire on US special ops and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Colonel Dillon confirmed the news, adding: “The tank had been maneuvering with coordinated indirect fire on a defensive position occupied by Syrian Democratic Forces and coalition advisers. “The defensive position was within effective range of the hostile weapons systems. Coalition officials maintained regular contact

You might remember the story of Shane Bouvet, a Trump campaign volunteer who was surprised by President Trump with front row seats to an Inauguration eve concert and a check for $10,000 for his father´s cancer treatments. Bouvet received a call prior to the Inauguration from a Trump staffer saying Trump had read an article about him and wanted to meet him.While at the concert, Bouvet was escorted by a Secret Service agent to meet the president. He called his father, and Trump got on the phone to speak with him. Trump then wrote Bouvet a check for $10,000 for hisHeadline corrected. Please proofread.

Hassan Firuzabadi, senior military advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claimed Western spies used the reptiles to get better insight into the Iranian nuclear weapons program. (Photo) Is it possible that Western espionage agencies used lizards to try to unearth Iranian nuclear secrets? Former chief-of-staff of the Iranian army Hassan Firuzabadi seems to believe so, AFP reports. While answering various questions about the recent wave of arrests of environmental activists in Iran, Firuzabadi said that the West has a history of using tourists, nature lovers and pro-environment activists as spies. The former army chief told the reformist ILNA news

Actor, comedian and Hollywood legend Bill Murray praised President Trump’s tax cuts, attacks divisive politics and blames Democrats for making the situation worse.The Daily Mail reported: Bill Murray is rarely one to keep quiet about his opinions. And in a recent sit down with CNBC’s Squawk Box, the actor warned that political discourse had degenerated into a ‘Clash of Clans everyday, first thing in the morning.’‘People are going to war about so much,’ he warned. He added that Democrats could often create division by striving to represent certain groups or minorities, rather than simply saying they represented Americans.‘My friend who’s

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, known for his advocacy of illegal aliens, is accusing Republicans of wanting to "change the essence of America" and seriously wondered whether the GOP wants to "make America white again." In an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN, Ramos also said that chain migration leads to a "tolerant, diverse, multiracial and multicultural country." He said that the Republicans are not proposing immigration reform, but rather "immigration revenge." RAMOS: “The fact is, Republicans with these negotiations, they want to change the essence, I think, of the United States. I mean, do they really want to make America

Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” while discussing Omarosa Manigault criticizing Vice President Mike Pence, co-host Joy Behar mocked Pence’s faith. However, Behar ended the segment agreeing with all the hosts if given a choice between Donald Trump and Mike Pence, they would rather have Pence as President. Co-host Sunny Hostin said, “I went to law school in Indiana. He is a hated figure there, actually. He’s not very popular at all. And I think when you have Mike Pence, who now puts this religious veneer and calls people ‘values voters,’ I think we’re in a dangerous situation. Look, I’m Catholic, I’m a

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) reportedly told “dozens” of amnesty advocates at a San Diego, California, rally for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) over the weekend that he is considering running for president in 2020. At the rally, which was originally scheduled for Friday but held on Saturday, Gutierrez told the “dozens” of activists of his potential presidential ambitions while calling on President Donald Trump to secure the future of so-called Dreamers as seriously as the administration wants to protect the border, according to CBS8 in San Diego. As Breitbart News has reported, Gutierrez is retiring from Congress after his

Text messages between a pair of controversial FBI agents, reveal that the couple frequently used their private iMessage apps to discuss work and in one case texted about transmitting classified information on the unsecure chat medium, according to the troves of newly released texts last week. (Snip) Strzok and Page discussed using their ‘imsgs’ 37 times in their text messages obtained by the Congressional committees from the agents’ Samsung government-issued phones. The two sent numerous anti-Trump text messages and both were involved in the Mueller’s Special Counsel investigation. Strzok, who is now with the FBI’s Human Resource department, was removed

President Trump´s newly proposed budget includes a proposal to end federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), part of a package that includes $300 billion in new spending overall. CPB provides federal funding for PBS and National Public Radio stations. "The Budget proposes to eliminate Federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) over a two year period," according to the proposal. "CPB grants represent a small share of the total funding for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), which primarily rely on private donations to fund their operations," it continues. "To conduct an orderly transition away

President Trump continued his personal tradition of donating his quarterly salary to various causes, and this time is particularly eyebrow-raising. (Video) White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders announced the president’s doling of the salary on Tuesday.“Today, the president is proud to donate his fourth-quarter 2017 salary to the Department of Transportation to support their programs to rebuild and modernize our crumbling infrastructure,” Sanders said at the press briefing.Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao accepted the president’s salary, which symbolically represents the White House’s emphasis on infrastructure.Also on Tuesday, it came out in Politico that former White House aide Omarosa’s firing may have

DENVER— After years of accusing states of “voter suppression,” the Center for American Progress wants to make it tougher for overseas military to vote in the name of election security.The left-wing public-policy group issued Monday a report, “Election Security in All 50 States,” that called for stricter standards to prevent cyber-meddling in elections by foreign governments, including banning military stationed abroad from submitting ballots via email or fax.One state that allows such vote-casting is Colorado. The center called on the state to “prohibit voters stationed or living overseas from returning voted ballots electronically.”“Regardless of the state’s secure ballot return system

President Donald Trump’s administration is revising a former President Barack Obama-era rule on methane emissions to help make the U.S. energy dependent while helping people in rural parts of the country retain jobs. “In order to achieve energy dominance through responsible energy production, we need smart regulations, not punitive regulations,” Joe Balash, assistant secretary for land and minerals management, said in a statement following Trump’s move to revise the controversial rule. “We believe this proposed rule strikes that balance and will allow job growth in rural America,” said Balash, an official inside the Interior Department. The Interior Department believes the

Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez insisted during a CNN interview Tuesday that the term “chain migration” is offensive to descendants of slaves. “Chain migration” refers to immigration policy that allows the extended families of immigrants to join them in the United States. According to Menendez, who is fresh off of a corruption trial, the term is “cruel” and “obscene.” “I find it obscene, the phrase ‘chain migration,´” Menendez told CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer. “It is incredibly cruel to those whose ancestors were brought to this country in chains in slavery.” “It is a dehumanizing element of what is, in

A federal judge has ordered the unsealing of documents from then-Independent Counsel Ken Starr’s two-decade old probe that led to former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the order Monday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from CNN. According to the judge’s order, CNN journalist Katelyn Polantz requested on Feb. 9, 2018 that eight sealed matters arising from Starr’s 1998 investigation of Clinton “be unsealed and made public.” Starr’s investigation began with the suicide of Clinton adviser Vince Foster and the Clintons’ Whitewater real

A federal judge in New York ruled Tuesday that the government must fully restart the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty and accept brand new applicants as well as renewals, throwing a potential wrench in the ongoing debate over the fate of “Dreamers” on Capitol Hill. Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis said the administration does have the power to revoke DACA, but it must give a sound reason for doing so — and the Homeland Security Department’s September 2017 rationale fell far short of what is required in that regard. He even used Mr. Trump’s own tweets as evidence that the DACA program was ended

A developer has been tagged with a $6.7 million judgment for whitewashing the “formidable” work of 21 graffiti artists on the iconic 5 Pointz warehouse in Queens. Brooklyn federal-court Judge Frederic Block on Monday angrily ordered developer Gerald Wolkoff — who erased about 45 works overnight in the middle of both sides’ court case in 2013 — to cough up the millions. “The shame of it all is that since 5 Pointz was a prominent tourist attraction, the public would undoubtedly have thronged to say its goodbyes during those 10 months and gaze at the formidable works of aerosol art for the

What was supposed to be an open-ended debate on immigration reform stalled on Tuesday when Democrats objected to the Republican´s first amendment, which would punish so-called sanctuary cities. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blocked a request by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to start by debating the sanctuary city language. Without Schumer´s consent, the debate cannot begin until either late tonight or tomorrow morning. The amendment mirrors legislation written by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., that would withhold certain federal funds from jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal immigration officials when it comes to illegal immigrants. Schumer argued Tuesday that the Toomey

The artist who painted former President Barack Obama´s official portrait has come under scrutiny for past paintings featuring scandalous subjects. There are at least two instances where Kehinde Wiley, 41, has painted portraits of black women holding a knife in one hand and the decapitated head of a white woman in the other. Both portraits also juxtapose the austere images of the women by featuring a busy floral background, similar to Obama´s portrait. (Snip) In an interview with New York Magazine, he said: ´It´s sort of a play on the "kill whitey" thing,´ Wiley, one of six children, was born to a Nigerian

Venezuela´s main source of cash is dwindling at a breathtaking pace. The country´s oil output in January fell to its lowest level in nearly 30 years, not including a brief oil strike in 2003, according to S&P Global Platts. A monthly OPEC report published Monday revealed Venezuela pumped 1.6 million barrels of oil per day last month. Production in January was down 20% from a year ago. The staggering decline is another sign of Venezuela´s economic and political crisis. The country is heading toward a presidential election in April that international critics are already labeling fraudulent. Venezuela has more crude oil than any other

Leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee hope to have public findings on improving election security before primary contests get underway. That’s what Intelligence Chairman Richard M. Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, and Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat said in wrapping up the open portion of the annual hearing on “Worldwide Threats.” “It is our hope and our belief that before the primaries begin, we intend to have an overview of our findings that will be public. We intend to have an open hearing on election security, and it’s the committee’s intent to make recommendations that will enhance the likelihood that

Shhhh! Hillary Clinton is stealthily running again in 2020. Spread it around very very quietly and be sure you only talk about the 2018 midterm elections. Washington Post reporter Robert Costa is sending the not so subtle signal that Hillary Clinton will be back again in 2020. However, since she has to do it on the sly, Costa portrays her as semi-secretly helping in select 2018 midterm campaigns. His focus is on 2018 but he reveals enough to let us know that it is really all about 2020 in Hillary Clinton, a favorite GOP foil, plans discreet 2018 strategy: "There was a